GREEN BAY – In Brown County’s biggest increase since the pandemic started, the number of COVID-19 cases amongst county homeowners rose by 35 from Wednesday to Thursday.

The county has actually had 139 homeowners diagnosed with the coronavirus through mid-day Thursday. The county is likewise reporting COVID-19 cases amongst 5 Oneida Nation members who may reside in Brown or Outagamie counties. Furthermore 5 clients from outside the county are being dealt with in Green Bay health centers.

County officials have not linked the boost to people being at a specific place or occasion, however disclosed that most of the new clients are in ZIP codes 54302, 54304 or 54311 That means they live in Ashwaubenon, eastern Green Bay or Bellevue.

Ted Shove, speaking for the county Public Health Department, said Thursday afternoon that the cases are believed to be the result of “neighborhood spread” — contact with an individual locally — rather than through travel out of state or out of the nation.

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It’s too early, though, to state if the brand-new cases are a result of people having been available in contact on election day April 7 with individuals who brought the virus.

Health experts have actually stated they won’t be shocked if the county sees a considerable boost in cases this weekend and early next week, as the community approaches the 14- day mark after Wisconsin’s spring election. Hundreds of citizens invested hours in lines on election night, an outcome of social-distancing requirements and Green Bay’s choice to move from 31 ballot positions to 2 since of a shortage of poll workers.

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Jim Dietsche, primary running officer at Green Bay-based Bellin Health Systems, stated this week that local health officials “are very, very concerned” about the number of cases they might be dealing with as the community reaches the 14- day post election mark.

Push stated Thursday that county citizens need not take extra precautions to avoid the infection, however need to continue the essentials: social distancing, regular hand-washing, and keeping faces covered when outdoors or in other environments where contact with people outside one’s instant family is possible.

He likewise urged citizens to bend over backward to avoid people who are ill, or who appear to have symptoms of being infected.

” I would probably run the other way,” he stated.

Brown County’s numbers have started to grow at a much faster rate lately. The county had actually added 30 new cases over the weekend.

Contact Doug Schneider at (920) 431-8333, or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @PGDougSchneider

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